The Golden State Warriors want to lure Kevin Durant and put even more offense on the floor.

Durant, the top prize in this year's free-agent class, met with the Warriors on Friday in The Hamptons outside New York. A person close to the situation said Warriors owner Joe Lacob, general manager Bob Myers, coach Steve Kerr and All-Stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were among those present. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.

I don't mind really. There's probably some team options on the deals. Also, please remind yourselves how the cap has gone from like 58m to 100m in like 4 years. Contracts are not comparable. Mozgov is weird, but we had to use our cap on someone to not get punished for not using enough cap space. I like the Deng signing. He's a great locker room guy that can help our young guys develop and maybe teach them some defense.

@Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:He obviously means by comparison to the NBA when there's a higher risk of injury yet you still get paid less.

This. Obviously, most athletes earn more than most working class citizens, even more than most entertainers. I'm speaking based solely on sports earning purposes here. For a sport that's supposed to be the biggest in the US and generating so much money, it's appalling that they get paid so little compared to the NBA (even before this new NBA salary cap) despite the high long term injury risks involved. Getting paid less for higher risk. Where does that happen? They must have a shit players association.

NBA cap will rise to $110m in 2 seasons, if I'm not mistaken(and stay there for the foreseeable future) so guys are going to get paid EVEN MORE I bet you Lebron keeps signing 1 year deals until it's time to take a chunk of that $110m salary cap.

@Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:He obviously means by comparison to the NBA when there's a higher risk of injury yet you still get paid less.

This. Obviously, most athletes earn more than most working class citizens, even more than most entertainers. I'm speaking based solely on sports earning purposes here. For a sport that's supposed to be the biggest in the US and generating so much money, it's appalling that they get paid so little compared to the NBA (even before this new NBA salary cap) despite the high long term injury risks involved. Getting paid less for higher risk. Where does that happen? They must have a shit players association.

NBA cap will rise to $110m in 2 seasons, if I'm not mistaken(and stay there for the foreseeable future) so guys are going to get paid EVEN MORE I bet you Lebron keeps signing 1 year deals until it's time to take a chunk of that $110m salary cap.

The NFLPA is the worst in any sport. Just look at Brady's suspension. The commisioner has full power and he doesn't need evidence to suspend players. How they did that is beyond me. Shit negotiating. Won't happen at the next cba. Can see NFL getting locked out for an entire season next year.

There should be a 'superstar clause' in the league.. Some players are straight forward but, for the boarderline guys (i.e. Kevin Love) the NBA should select a committee of 20 respected journalists that will vote on whether that player is a superstar or not.. When that player who may or may not be considered a superstar hits FA, the committe takes a vote .. 15 out of 20 votes would be needed for him to be called a superstar

These superstars can then get a much bigger max than anyone else.. A good 15-20 million or so a year more than the other biggest max in the league.. A player like Mike Conley should never be close to players like LeBron and KD ffs